print line with a maximum value from a column

[ancutza]

i have a file with this output :

Dec 12 23:15:48 2006 28.57 13.49 5.69 9.39
Dec 12 23:20:48 2006 32.77 14.49 6.09 12.19
Dec 12 23:25:48 2006 27.18 13.49 4.40 9.29
Dec 12 23:30:48 2006 27.08 11.49 5.00 10.59
Dec 12 23:35:49 2006 24.58 10.69 4.80 9.09
Dec 12 23:40:49 2006 21.58 8.79 3.10 9.69
Dec 12 23:45:49 2006 19.18 8.49 3.80 6.89
Dec 12 23:50:50 2006 22.18 9.99 4.30 7.89
Dec 12 23:55:50 2006 19.98 8.49 3.80 7.69


i have to sort out the maximum value of the third column and print out that line. is that possible?


thank you in advance.

 

[olded]

Do you have to use awk? I'm assuming the date takes up the first 3 columns:

sort -k 5,5 -n -r data.file|head -n 1